Freight flows via the port of Liepaja (Latvia) in January-November fell by 0.3% from the same period last year, to 3,94 million tons, PortNews reported citing the Liepaja Port Authority press service.
Shipment of grain through the port’s terminal shrank by 22% to 1.24 million tons, crude oil was down 18.8% to 113,000 tons, while petroleum products rose by 14.5 %, to 354,600 tons (including 48,800 tons of diesel fuel), transshipment of construction materials jumped more than 5 times, up to 513,500 tons, timber cargo volume soared 72.8% to 841,400 tons, handling of ferrous metals dropped by 14% to 403,000 tons, scrap metal increased by 51% to 232,000 tons, the Port Authority statistics said.
Port of Liepaja was founded in the 90s of last century at the former Soviet Union’s naval base. Today it ranks the third port in Latvia by freight traffic volumes. Half of the port’s cargo throughput is fueled by crude oil and bulk cargoes imported from the CIS countries, largely from Belorussia. In 2009 the port’s throughput increased by 4.6%, to 4.38 million tons.
Shipment of grain through the port’s terminal shrank by 22% to 1.24 million tons, crude oil was down 18.8% to 113,000 tons, while petroleum products rose by 14.5 %, to 354,600 tons (including 48,800 tons of diesel fuel), transshipment of construction materials jumped more than 5 times, up to 513,500 tons, timber cargo volume soared 72.8% to 841,400 tons, handling of ferrous metals dropped by 14% to 403,000 tons, scrap metal increased by 51% to 232,000 tons, the Port Authority statistics said.
Port of Liepaja was founded in the 90s of last century at the former Soviet Union’s naval base. Today it ranks the third port in Latvia by freight traffic volumes. Half of the port’s cargo throughput is fueled by crude oil and bulk cargoes imported from the CIS countries, largely from Belorussia. In 2009 the port’s throughput increased by 4.6%, to 4.38 million tons.